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gao isn't going home. since this story first aired, his fund has invested in real estate in the united states and in iconic american companies like coca-cola and apple. by the end of 2010, he was managing $300 billion invested around the world and then asked the chinese government for more. [ticking] when we return, the world's leaders come together in a very small village. >> there aren't enough tables in restaurants, there aren't enough hotel rooms. >> yeah, well, that's part of the thrill. it is the only place where these really powerful people are made to be very inconvenienced. just about the only place in the world really powerful, really rich men--mostly men, few women--can actually behave like normal people. >> up next on 60 minutes on cnbc. [ticking] mom, dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. ♪ [ dad ] jan? a quarter million tweeters musicare tweeting.eamed. and
gao isn't going home. since this story first aired, his fund has invested in real estate in the united states and in iconic american companies like coca-cola and apple. by the end of 2010, he was managing $300 billion invested around the world and then asked the chinese government for more. [ticking] when we return, the world's leaders come together in a very small village. >> there aren't enough tables in restaurants, there aren't enough hotel rooms. >> yeah, well, that's part of...
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the third was to support the gao. immediately upon taking my position, we established a planning group. it was a joint planning group that had members of all of the accounting community. and their goal was to take a look at creating the capacity and capabilities plan which gets at the requirement that's been levied upon us. the requirement is to increase our capacity and capability by 2015. with a subsequent requirement to eventually be able to identify 200. it is important the note that there is no immediate return on investment. if be we are funded, and we were, funded to increase our identifications, there's a long process. first of all, there's a lot of research and analysis that is conducted followed by an extensive research or investigation of the specific area, the lost area. then there's the recovery. and often times it may take more than one investigation, more than one recovery. and finally, it goes to the lab for identification. so it takes time for -- >> you know, and certainly, mr. winfield, i don't dispu
the third was to support the gao. immediately upon taking my position, we established a planning group. it was a joint planning group that had members of all of the accounting community. and their goal was to take a look at creating the capacity and capabilities plan which gets at the requirement that's been levied upon us. the requirement is to increase our capacity and capability by 2015. with a subsequent requirement to eventually be able to identify 200. it is important the note that there...
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we welcome gao to come back to say we've done. i think there's much more oversight at this point. >> the federal security director's role then would be to sort of determine as this violation importing of to take it upstairs or do i do with the dear? >> yes, sir. spin is that sort of the role? >> yes, sir. speak what steps were taken to remedy this problem in particular of failure to document correctly these incidents? >> i think one of things we did do was we had to clean up the database. and went to make it a much more efficient database, and it's one of those things that sometimes run into government would have multiple databases. so we combined -- we combined into one which we call her integrated database. we made a much stronger process. we have professionals who are trained h.r. people are trying to input it in and then there's oversight to make sure that it is being inputted in currently. we're responsible for auditing all inputs but also have our legal field council there to help with including those offenses into the syste
we welcome gao to come back to say we've done. i think there's much more oversight at this point. >> the federal security director's role then would be to sort of determine as this violation importing of to take it upstairs or do i do with the dear? >> yes, sir. spin is that sort of the role? >> yes, sir. speak what steps were taken to remedy this problem in particular of failure to document correctly these incidents? >> i think one of things we did do was we had to...
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gao is going to investigate this. what you're not accepting is that from a business standpoint, and i'll throw this back to you. >> it's not a business. >> it is a business. >> it's not a business. >> americans every day separates their line of operation. they can identify their funds. it is great for the accountants. i'm talking to both of you, i'm talking about accountability and transparency. matt, transparency, the solution? >> absolutely. let's look at what she just said. she said everything planned parenthood is legal. they just settled a case for medicare fraud. medicaid fraud in tex for over $4 million. the reason why the gao will look at planned parenthood is because in this $534 of my money, your money they're spending to do all kinds of services, that they have their has not in the till and they stole money. who got that money? where did it go? congress ought to ask questions. there are other whistle blowers saying they got incentive pay or they were encouraged to push women toward abortion. 98% of the preg
gao is going to investigate this. what you're not accepting is that from a business standpoint, and i'll throw this back to you. >> it's not a business. >> it is a business. >> it's not a business. >> americans every day separates their line of operation. they can identify their funds. it is great for the accountants. i'm talking to both of you, i'm talking about accountability and transparency. matt, transparency, the solution? >> absolutely. let's look at what...
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miller has instituted a review of the gao recommendations. the department has excepted aid of the nine in a partial concurrence of the ninth. we are implementing many of those recommendations. some have already been implemented, and i would view the consolidation question to be at the top of the list. >> that is not completely reassuring, and i will follow-up for a time line. but think that we need to know what the specific response to the recommendation will be. and this is not something must take two years to study. this is something the somebody ought to be able to tell us. we're going to look at the organizational structure and make recommendations for change by the state. that is what i am looking for. do either of you have any input on that date specific that we can look for some kind of plan to out -- i get that we all have different missions, but you cannot argue with the fact that even within your command you have two departments that are fighting like 12 year-old. >> the department has in fact accepted all of the recommendations fro
miller has instituted a review of the gao recommendations. the department has excepted aid of the nine in a partial concurrence of the ninth. we are implementing many of those recommendations. some have already been implemented, and i would view the consolidation question to be at the top of the list. >> that is not completely reassuring, and i will follow-up for a time line. but think that we need to know what the specific response to the recommendation will be. and this is not something...
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last year alone the gao received more than 900 similar requests. at this point the gao has no timeline for completing the examination and planned parenthood is not commenting on the audits. >>> stocks recovered slightly today. the dow snapped a three-day losing streak. the s&p up seven. >>> still ahead a decision some say makes a mockery of border security. first why the gop wants to ban cnn and nbc. and an interview with the man behind the idea. ♪ [ crashing ] [ male announcer ] when your favorite food starts a fight, fight back fast with tums. trusted heartburn relief that goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum, tum tum tum tums! the beach on your tv is much closer than it appears. seize the summer with up to 50% off hotels at travelocity. folks have suffered from frequent heartburn. butetting heartburn and then treating day after day is a thing of the past. block the acid with prilosec otc, and don't get heartburn in the first place. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> the head of the republic
last year alone the gao received more than 900 similar requests. at this point the gao has no timeline for completing the examination and planned parenthood is not commenting on the audits. >>> stocks recovered slightly today. the dow snapped a three-day losing streak. the s&p up seven. >>> still ahead a decision some say makes a mockery of border security. first why the gop wants to ban cnn and nbc. and an interview with the man behind the idea. ♪ [ crashing ] [ male...
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gao pointed out. what can you comment about the departments but it is my understanding that all of you really if you look at it, the only person you have in common that you reported is, in fact, secretary hagel, is that correct? >> does anybody disagree with that assessment? >> senator, i agree with you. >> by the way, none of you are in the same town boxer and there's a lot of layers between you and secretary hagel. what can you tell me about plans to change this ridiculous organizational structure that is supposed to be working on a very focused problem. it's not like this problem is disparate but it's not like we're talking about, you know, this deed for the air force or logistic needs for the army. we are talking about locating the missing remains which involve, dinner, obviously science. it involves personnel. it involves cooperation of the various branches your but if we don't get this fixed they will be back here in 20 years yelling at you guys. so tell me, general mckeague, what are the plans
gao pointed out. what can you comment about the departments but it is my understanding that all of you really if you look at it, the only person you have in common that you reported is, in fact, secretary hagel, is that correct? >> does anybody disagree with that assessment? >> senator, i agree with you. >> by the way, none of you are in the same town boxer and there's a lot of layers between you and secretary hagel. what can you tell me about plans to change this ridiculous...
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that is an area where gao is very helpful. i think all federal agencies -- they point out not just obvious missteps, but they also provide recommendations that say, here is a course of action. there are steps you can take. what is needed is discipline to be able to execute against that. that takes time. sticks, that is an interesting question. what do you do to influence behavior, to control or target or focus behavior? the incentives are important because in our case, meaning in the federal government, we are living in a very constrained time right now. let me say one thing about -- the clichÉ we often use is, we need to be able to do more with less could i do not buy that -- with less. i do not buy that at all. we need to do the right thing with less. absolutely wrong way to think about it in my mind. we've got to be able to dig in and make those choices which require discipline and say, what is the value added? where is the risk associated? where do you have a very low value, high risk? dump it. stop doing it. it is not ju
that is an area where gao is very helpful. i think all federal agencies -- they point out not just obvious missteps, but they also provide recommendations that say, here is a course of action. there are steps you can take. what is needed is discipline to be able to execute against that. that takes time. sticks, that is an interesting question. what do you do to influence behavior, to control or target or focus behavior? the incentives are important because in our case, meaning in the federal...
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government accounting office, gao. over the past year, maybe jim mckay, mr. goines and i along with others in the personal accounting committee have made significant strides to improve our unity of effort. but this is an issue that clearly needs further work. as i strongly recommended, the department has begun the process of implementing all mine at the gao recommendations. some of the issues raised in the internal draft efficiency report may require additional attention and investigation. in fact, last week under secretary of defense for policy requested that dod inspector general initiate an immediate investigation into allegations of fraud, waste, and abuse. additionally, the undersecretary requested that the director cost assessment and program evaluation case undertake a review of the organizational structure the department employed to accomplish this critical mission. fortunately, the gao has helped us identify in a thorough and objective manner what the department needs to do to improve our performance of the sacred mission of accounting for our missin
government accounting office, gao. over the past year, maybe jim mckay, mr. goines and i along with others in the personal accounting committee have made significant strides to improve our unity of effort. but this is an issue that clearly needs further work. as i strongly recommended, the department has begun the process of implementing all mine at the gao recommendations. some of the issues raised in the internal draft efficiency report may require additional attention and investigation. in...
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the second report that i want to go over is the report to the gao. this report included all the required communications that [speaker not understood] we have to report back to the city's governing body. these items that i have listed on the slide are very typical of any [speaker not understood] communicationses that you may see. i do want to point out that the first item, the equal tate i have access of accounting practices, this is the item where we would list any significant estimate included in the city's financial statement. and the -- any funds for the [speaker not understood] that may be included. in the report we have estimates related to the city's pension as well as opab benefits and those are disclosed in 9a and 9b of the city's c-a-f-r. and i'll also go over an upcoming accounting standard that will change the presentation of these benefits in the near future. the other items included in this include current new findings. so, we have in relation to the city's financial reporting, we do have a material weakness relating to the successor age
the second report that i want to go over is the report to the gao. this report included all the required communications that [speaker not understood] we have to report back to the city's governing body. these items that i have listed on the slide are very typical of any [speaker not understood] communicationses that you may see. i do want to point out that the first item, the equal tate i have access of accounting practices, this is the item where we would list any significant estimate included...
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we welcome gao to come back and see what we have done. it is a tighter system with more oversight. >> right. the role would be to determine if this violation is important enough to take it upstairs. ok. what steps have been taken to remedy the problem of the failure to document correctly these incidents. >> one of the things we had to do was clean up the database and make it a more efficient database. sometimes you run into government where you have multiple databases. we combined it into one. we made it a much stronger process and we have professionals trained to him put it in and then there is oversight to make sure it is being inputted correctly. fieldo have our legal counsel their to help him put those offenses into the system. our office of investigation is responsible to do audits. we asked they do a regular schedule of that and increase that. we think that will fix the problem identified. >> great. include airport personnel and what are the qualification they look for and has just evolved over time? has is changed? >> we use a vari
we welcome gao to come back and see what we have done. it is a tighter system with more oversight. >> right. the role would be to determine if this violation is important enough to take it upstairs. ok. what steps have been taken to remedy the problem of the failure to document correctly these incidents. >> one of the things we had to do was clean up the database and make it a more efficient database. sometimes you run into government where you have multiple databases. we combined...
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host: the gao website is where you can find the information, gao.gov. stephen lord is the government accountability office director for aviation if you go ahead, i would appreciate it. caller: you stated that there are some private enterprise is taking over airport security. i do not believe one person sustain his wealth. multiple companies. they go through an open and competitive procedure to get these contract
host: the gao website is where you can find the information, gao.gov. stephen lord is the government accountability office director for aviation if you go ahead, i would appreciate it. caller: you stated that there are some private enterprise is taking over airport security. i do not believe one person sustain his wealth. multiple companies. they go through an open and competitive procedure to get these contract
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and i'm very, very pleased and proud that xao sits -- that gao sit there is with us. because often times that's breaking expectations that we can't sit together or talk together, we have to be viewed as adversaries. and we walk in really arm in arm because we're both dedicated to exactly the same thing, good government. it's very simple. you know, thad talked about oversight. beth and i were on a panel a couple of months ago with chairman and ceo of general motors, and he was talking about all the things that he did to be able to turn gm around, and one of the things that he'd mentioned was that i believe it was some 28, 29 committees and subcommittees of board, board of directors. and when he became chairman and ceo, he just wiped them out. and i said, wow, we've got at homeland security about 108 committees and subcommittees, and all i can do is shut my eyes. [laughter] >> jason, i'm going to resist the urge to answer you by the negative synergy between the lack of campaign finance reform and redistricting. [laughter] let's talk about transparency for a minute. a lo
and i'm very, very pleased and proud that xao sits -- that gao sit there is with us. because often times that's breaking expectations that we can't sit together or talk together, we have to be viewed as adversaries. and we walk in really arm in arm because we're both dedicated to exactly the same thing, good government. it's very simple. you know, thad talked about oversight. beth and i were on a panel a couple of months ago with chairman and ceo of general motors, and he was talking about all...
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set of expectations that are often time inconsistent with even the conclusions reached by gao. so what i have tried to do, what i have done is, many times, i cannot member how many times we have done it -- a dozen or more times -- we have gone up after a report like the high risk report, with the gao, invited g and briefedgether congressional committee staff so they can hear from the both of us at the same time. argument, itnot an is just a clearing of expectations, understanding, so the staff gets a really good , and of where we agree oftentimes we agree with almost all the recommendations, and where we have a different point of view or we would like additional clarity from gao, that staff has the opportunity to hear that. i think that is a wonderful example. i do not know how many other agencies and departments do that. but i think, i am very proud of that. and i am very pleased, proud that gao sits there with us, because oftentimes -- it breaks expectations that we cannot sit together and talk together. we walked in the arm in arm, really, because we are both dedicated to ex
set of expectations that are often time inconsistent with even the conclusions reached by gao. so what i have tried to do, what i have done is, many times, i cannot member how many times we have done it -- a dozen or more times -- we have gone up after a report like the high risk report, with the gao, invited g and briefedgether congressional committee staff so they can hear from the both of us at the same time. argument, itnot an is just a clearing of expectations, understanding, so the staff...
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host: back to the costs from the gao. 316 billion dollars in development and procurement spending now through 2037. that's an average of $12.6 billion per year. the per claim cost estimates have climbed from $81 million in 2001 to $161 million today. operation and sustainment costs alone will exceed one dollar trillion over the fleetboston lifespan. -- the fleet's lifespan. respond to those numbers. guest: i think this airplane is cost effective overall. it will replace three different make models of airplanes. those three airplanes have three separate supply chains and seven they have a different training pipeline. they have all of this different, separate infrastructure. will replace those airplanes with just one f-35b and one pilot. the commandant said in front of congress that will save the nation almost one dollar billion -- $1 billion per year. we are replacing a multitude of airplanes in the u.s. and we are doing this with a single type of avionics to drive down the cost. the international component -- now you have eight partner countries and japan and israel contributing $5 bi
host: back to the costs from the gao. 316 billion dollars in development and procurement spending now through 2037. that's an average of $12.6 billion per year. the per claim cost estimates have climbed from $81 million in 2001 to $161 million today. operation and sustainment costs alone will exceed one dollar trillion over the fleetboston lifespan. -- the fleet's lifespan. respond to those numbers. guest: i think this airplane is cost effective overall. it will replace three different make...
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come up after either report with gao. i have invited gao. they go together and address the congressional committee staff to hear from both of us at the same time. so it's not an argument. it's just a clearing of expert patience, understanding so that this task is a really good to where we agree and oftentimes we agree with most of the recommendations -- almost other recommendations. and we have a different point of view or would like additional clarity from gao. the staff as an opportunity to hear that real-time. i don't know how many other agencies and departments to that, i think quite frankly i am very proud of that. i am very pleased and proud they gao sits there with us. because oftentimes, that is freakiness expectations that we can sit together and talk together. we have to be viewed as adversaries. we walk in arm in arm because we are dedicated to exactly the same thing, the government. it is really simple. there are practices and things we can do. fat talked about oversight. that's an ironic panel it complements a guy with the gener
come up after either report with gao. i have invited gao. they go together and address the congressional committee staff to hear from both of us at the same time. so it's not an argument. it's just a clearing of expert patience, understanding so that this task is a really good to where we agree and oftentimes we agree with most of the recommendations -- almost other recommendations. and we have a different point of view or would like additional clarity from gao. the staff as an opportunity to...
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and the gao told congress today that half the screeners who fall asleep on the job receive less than even a minimum level of discipline called for by tsa's own policies. >> rather than punishing the employees using standard penalties, tsa chose to go easy on those who find it hard to stay awake while protecting the american people. >> reporter: the report says misconduct cases at tsa went up 27% over the past three years, about 9,600 in all, most for failing to show up as scheduled, violating security rules, or sleeping on duty. >> of the 9,600 cases, about half resulted in letters of reprimand, 31% resulted in suspensions, and 17% resulted in the employee's removal from tsa. >> reporter: tsa insists it is tough on the worst offenders, firing 380 employees over the past decade for theft, for example. including a screener at the orlando airport, who admitted stealing four laptop computers from passenger baggage. >> if we can prove an individual is stealing, if we can prove that an individual is taking drugs, if we can prove that an individual is intentionally subjugating the security
and the gao told congress today that half the screeners who fall asleep on the job receive less than even a minimum level of discipline called for by tsa's own policies. >> rather than punishing the employees using standard penalties, tsa chose to go easy on those who find it hard to stay awake while protecting the american people. >> reporter: the report says misconduct cases at tsa went up 27% over the past three years, about 9,600 in all, most for failing to show up as scheduled,...
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the: back to the costs from gao. host: respond to those numbers. guest: i think this airplane is cost effective overall. it will replace three different make models of airplanes. have three airplanes separate supply chains and seven crew men. they have separate infrastructure. the marines the place those airplanes with just one f-35 and just one pilot. that will save the nation almost $1 billion a year. ofare replacing a multitude airplanes in the u.s. and we are doing this with a single type of avionics to drive down the cost. -- international component now you have eight partner countries and japan and israel contributing $5 billion to the development of the airplane. contributecontinue -- to the tooling. every airplane for the u.s. lessces is $10 million because of the international participation. i flew jets in combat operations. our capabilities were inoperable. now with the f-35, our best allies are going to have the same airplanes, same capabilities. the value will be extremely high for coalition operations. brings.what the f-35 host: let me
the: back to the costs from gao. host: respond to those numbers. guest: i think this airplane is cost effective overall. it will replace three different make models of airplanes. have three airplanes separate supply chains and seven crew men. they have separate infrastructure. the marines the place those airplanes with just one f-35 and just one pilot. that will save the nation almost $1 billion a year. ofare replacing a multitude airplanes in the u.s. and we are doing this with a single type...
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first of all, the gao has done six of these reports over the last, you know, few years and have found nothing. any member of congress can request a report. they put out over 900 reports. this is a regular situation. there is no news here. what is happening especially in states like texas that have created an extremely hostile environment for women's health care centers, they are slowly, not even slowly, aggressively trying to chip away at women's reproductive health at a time when planned parenthood is the only, in some cases, only place women have -- >> there's more than 7,000 -- >> child care or -- [inaudible conversations] >> yeah. there's more than 7,000 federally-qualified community and rural health centers across this country that women can go to for comprehensive whole woman care. women need more than what planned parenthood can provide, and taxpayer dollars should not be going to a business, an abortion business. and you want to talk about -- >> taxpayer dollars aren't going to abortions. 90% of the services -- [inaudible conversations] planned parenthood provides are for heal
first of all, the gao has done six of these reports over the last, you know, few years and have found nothing. any member of congress can request a report. they put out over 900 reports. this is a regular situation. there is no news here. what is happening especially in states like texas that have created an extremely hostile environment for women's health care centers, they are slowly, not even slowly, aggressively trying to chip away at women's reproductive health at a time when planned...
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look at the gao study two weeks ago. it was one event after the other of poor screening, poor management, of poor training. now we're going to let them loose on yankee stadium? this is an organization that should not be out there. do we need more security? yeah. but they're not the ones to do it, they don't know how, aren't trained to do it, and quite frankly aren't competent to do it. >> they were set up after european attacks, they are armed, they look intimidating when you see them, new york penn station or other stations around major stadiums, i don't know what they're doing at rodeos, but they mean business, look like israeli top security. you don't think they are. >> not judging by the kind of people running the tsa, from the day that george bush appointed one of his daddy's buddies to now, we don't have professionals running the tsa. we have political appointees. anything that falls from that tree is going to be poison fruit. i don't put a whole lot of faith in it. tsa's track record until now has been one of just
look at the gao study two weeks ago. it was one event after the other of poor screening, poor management, of poor training. now we're going to let them loose on yankee stadium? this is an organization that should not be out there. do we need more security? yeah. but they're not the ones to do it, they don't know how, aren't trained to do it, and quite frankly aren't competent to do it. >> they were set up after european attacks, they are armed, they look intimidating when you see them,...
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this comes on the heels of this gao. government accounting office nonpartisan investigation into the way planned parenthood spend taxpayer dollars after in texas planned parenthood settled for $4.1 million, these federal fraud charges over how it administers medicaid. given the fact that there they are already under investigation for fraudulent billing and so forth, why the heck are we giving them a half a million dollars for obama care navigation? >> because, laura, the fact of the matter is, planned parenthood someone of the most trusted providers of healthcare in this country. every single year they provide healthcare to over 3 million women, half of them don't have insurance. 90% of the care that they provide is preventative care, wellness exams, pap smears, pelvic exams, that help save thens of thousands of women's lives likely per year. the fact that we are using plan the parenthood which women know to ensure that millions of american women get access to the healthcare and health insurance they deserve makes perfec
this comes on the heels of this gao. government accounting office nonpartisan investigation into the way planned parenthood spend taxpayer dollars after in texas planned parenthood settled for $4.1 million, these federal fraud charges over how it administers medicaid. given the fact that there they are already under investigation for fraudulent billing and so forth, why the heck are we giving them a half a million dollars for obama care navigation? >> because, laura, the fact of the...
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a new government accountability office, gao, report finds only 55% of the people in that program got new jobs, and many of those jobs were not really green. the problem it seems is that the green industry is not as big or growing as fast as some might hope. if this sounds familiar, it should. in 2011 we did an hour-long special, help wanted, green jobs. i interviewed a man you see here who admitted to accepting a contract for green jobs training for jobs he knew did not exist. >>> and finally, what a difference a year makes. comedians are now leaning to the left to find the butt of their jokes. a study by george mason university center for media and public affairs looked at monologues by jay leno, david letterman, jimmy fallon, jimmy kimmel, craig ferguson. in the first half of 2013, president obama was the subject of 288 jokes, by far the most of any person. democrats provided fodder for 713 jokes, compared to 417 gop punch lines. that's a stark contrast to 2012 when mitt romney was the subject of more than twice as many jokes as the in couple bent. president obama, by the way, will
a new government accountability office, gao, report finds only 55% of the people in that program got new jobs, and many of those jobs were not really green. the problem it seems is that the green industry is not as big or growing as fast as some might hope. if this sounds familiar, it should. in 2011 we did an hour-long special, help wanted, green jobs. i interviewed a man you see here who admitted to accepting a contract for green jobs training for jobs he knew did not exist. >>> and...
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. >> on implementing the gao's findings, i know dr. miller is looking at this issue. have you briefed the secretary on this issue as well? because i do believe that this is an issue that needs an alert from the top to make sure that we are driving this and we are not ending up in the same position. i don't know if you've had an opportunity, general, to brief the secretary on this. >> senator, i have weekly conversations with dr. miller but i would have to take for the record any conversation he may have had with the secretary. >> we will direct this up to the secretary level and obviously talked to dr. miller as well because i do believe this has to come from the top to make sure that we you resolve these issues. and, you know, i know that senator mccaskill had asked you, general, about the internal dr. cole report. one of the things that troubled me about it, i understand there was a lot of internal dispute about the validity and why some of the criticisms were in net and didn't people have other motivations. but your predecessor, major general tom, his response to t
. >> on implementing the gao's findings, i know dr. miller is looking at this issue. have you briefed the secretary on this issue as well? because i do believe that this is an issue that needs an alert from the top to make sure that we are driving this and we are not ending up in the same position. i don't know if you've had an opportunity, general, to brief the secretary on this. >> senator, i have weekly conversations with dr. miller but i would have to take for the record any...
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but you did have cbo, gao who have gone through this without any furloughs. it wasn't easy. and you had, actually, some executive branch agencies that for whatever reason i think started thinking earlier and dealing with this, opm, commerce department if you take noaa out. but for the vast majority of the agencies, that was not the case. they started thinking about this late, and they've had much more difficulty. it takes time to reprogram a transfer funds. you have to ask permission to do it, you have to plan to do that. so those tools may not even be available to you if you wait too late. at the extreme you have some agencies, and i'll put faa among them and once again i can talk about the motivations which thought about about this very late. told the -- came up with furlough plans telling the airlines and other folks affected by the air traffic system what sort of interruptions were going to happen. this some ways you could say they dealt with it the worst, yet as scott pointed out, at the end of the day they got a pass. now, from my point of view as a manager of an agenc
but you did have cbo, gao who have gone through this without any furloughs. it wasn't easy. and you had, actually, some executive branch agencies that for whatever reason i think started thinking earlier and dealing with this, opm, commerce department if you take noaa out. but for the vast majority of the agencies, that was not the case. they started thinking about this late, and they've had much more difficulty. it takes time to reprogram a transfer funds. you have to ask permission to do it,...
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we got the gao to outline to us the areas of duplication. they have gone through two-thirds of that now the last report would come in april of this year. they've identified 200 peery as we have multiple programs doing exactly the same thing. no metrics to see if it is working and that comes close to $200 billion a year in the wasted money. wasted money that wasn't enhancing what it was intended to do or not facilitating what it was intended to do. >> host: in the dead body of the duplication, the science, technology, engineering and mathematics education programs. there are 209 of those, 100 plus, teacher quality et programs to the economic development, 88 transportation assistance, the financial literacy 56 different programs, job training is 47 different job training programs and 20 programs food for the hungry 18 in the disaster response preparedness 17 different programs. >> it's not that we have that many programs. but as outlandish as we don't know if they are working because when they are passed, there is nothing that says you have to
we got the gao to outline to us the areas of duplication. they have gone through two-thirds of that now the last report would come in april of this year. they've identified 200 peery as we have multiple programs doing exactly the same thing. no metrics to see if it is working and that comes close to $200 billion a year in the wasted money. wasted money that wasn't enhancing what it was intended to do or not facilitating what it was intended to do. >> host: in the dead body of the...
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you have the fbi, the gao, congress, department of financial services, all looking in on this. who do you think should be regulating bitcoin? >> yeah, that's about an hour-long answer, and i've been told to keep my answers short. i think that definitely needs to be determined in the near future. >> you don't have a preference? >> well, you know, it depends, because if you're an exchange -- and we're not traditional an exchange -- a traditional exchan exchange, it has merit, or maybe needs to be amended. when i view at companies like ours, i see it being regulated by the cftc. we're in a tough situation as a start-up, where we would love to have guidance -- you know, not guidance that crushes us, but we want guidance. you know, we're hoping that these dialogues that are beginning really lead to that. >> well, listen in. we're going to get guidance for you in a minute. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, guys. >> so we get the regulator's side. >> joining us is benjamin who issued the memo and subpoenas. ben, thank you so much for being with us. what is your specific beef with b
you have the fbi, the gao, congress, department of financial services, all looking in on this. who do you think should be regulating bitcoin? >> yeah, that's about an hour-long answer, and i've been told to keep my answers short. i think that definitely needs to be determined in the near future. >> you don't have a preference? >> well, you know, it depends, because if you're an exchange -- and we're not traditional an exchange -- a traditional exchan exchange, it has merit, or...
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gao has done some work around this area. every agency is political now. it used to be that you could get them to sign off on something and that would be the end of the conversation. some pope -- some folks are wary. there is an issue in arizona about gao two checkpoints in the interior. some felt it wasn't a very evenhanded study. this was actually secretary chertoff's idea. take it out of the political realm completely. brand oragency like a somebody who has experience working with the government. to go and study what those metrics should be. we do not even know how to study the border right now. look at people apprehension rates. apprehension rates could mean a lot of things. either you are apprehending a lot of people. apprehension rates does not mean people you're picking -- those are not a great measure. what else to use? how do you take it out of their hands and maybe have a committee that is appointed by different political entities, just like committees are done now. senate minority leader, senate majority leader, house speaker. decide those metri
gao has done some work around this area. every agency is political now. it used to be that you could get them to sign off on something and that would be the end of the conversation. some pope -- some folks are wary. there is an issue in arizona about gao two checkpoints in the interior. some felt it wasn't a very evenhanded study. this was actually secretary chertoff's idea. take it out of the political realm completely. brand oragency like a somebody who has experience working with the...
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the gao found significant management problems in the program. we need transparency to know if efforts are work l. cfas should publish data obscurity plans certified, inspectors trained and inspections completed. citizens understandably want and deserve more than a "trust us" approach. in conclusion, to be successful, cfas and other chemical safety programs programs should rein in secrecy, partner with other agencies, strike a better national public disclosure, and engage in communities as participants in upholding chemical safety and security. the checktive order released today is a welcome step towards closing regulatory gaps under the main agencies overseeing chemical facilities, but congressional action may be needed to achieve these reforms in a timely way. chairman and members of the subcommittee, i look forward to your question. >> thank you, mr. moulton. i'd like to thank each panel member, not only for your supression appearance here but i know you have all professionally been committed to work in this important area, and i thank you for
the gao found significant management problems in the program. we need transparency to know if efforts are work l. cfas should publish data obscurity plans certified, inspectors trained and inspections completed. citizens understandably want and deserve more than a "trust us" approach. in conclusion, to be successful, cfas and other chemical safety programs programs should rein in secrecy, partner with other agencies, strike a better national public disclosure, and engage in...
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and then, the gao came out with their own study, and they added more than just one stop routes and came up with 1,665 overlapping competitive routes. and then, we ended up comparing it to the united/continental merger, and it turns out there are 30% more overlapping competitive routes in this merger than they had during the continental/united merger. it is a disaster in terms of consumers when it comes to competition. and that's what got the attention of the doj. >> i'm horribly out of time, but i have to say, gordon, the number that stood out to me in the doj complaint, was, they said, if this goes through, it results in four airlines controlling more than 80% of the u.s. travel market. how is that good for the consumer? >> well, you got some stability. people actually earning pension and get paid, creditors get paid, people don't go broke. you don't need 20 airlines. you need four or five really good ones, and they can be more than competitive. when one of them gets greedy, the other one will move in and take market. that's always been true. southwest is still there. jet blue is still
and then, the gao came out with their own study, and they added more than just one stop routes and came up with 1,665 overlapping competitive routes. and then, we ended up comparing it to the united/continental merger, and it turns out there are 30% more overlapping competitive routes in this merger than they had during the continental/united merger. it is a disaster in terms of consumers when it comes to competition. and that's what got the attention of the doj. >> i'm horribly out of...
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and the gao told congress half the screeners who fall asleep on the job, receive less than even the minimum level of discipline called for by tsa's own policies. >> rather than punishing the employees using standard penalties tsa chose to go easy on those who find it hard to stay awake while protecting the american people. >> reporter: misconduct cases at tsa went up 27% over the past three years, about 9600 in all, most were failing to show up as scheduled, violating security rules or sleeping on duty. >> of the 9600 cases, about half resulted in letters of reprimand, 31% resulted in suspensions and 17% resulted in employees removalal from tsa. >> reporter: tsa insists it is tough on the worst offenders, firing 380 employees over the past decade for theft, for example. including a screener at the orlando airport who admitted stealing four laptop computers from passenger baggage. >> if we can prove an individual is stealing, if we can prove that an individual is taking drugs, if we can prove that an individual is intentionally subjugating the security system and can prove it immediately the
and the gao told congress half the screeners who fall asleep on the job, receive less than even the minimum level of discipline called for by tsa's own policies. >> rather than punishing the employees using standard penalties tsa chose to go easy on those who find it hard to stay awake while protecting the american people. >> reporter: misconduct cases at tsa went up 27% over the past three years, about 9600 in all, most were failing to show up as scheduled, violating security rules...
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the gao has done some work around this area. in d.c. isy political now. it used to be that you could get the gao to sign off on something and that would be the end of the conversation. there was an issue in arizona about the gao doing the interior checkpoints and some people did not feel like it was a very evenhanded study. this was actually secretary charaf's idea. take it out of the political realm completely. hiring agency -- hire an agency like rand, or someone who has worked experience with the out andnt, but can go figure out what those metrics should be. apprehension rates could mean a lot of things. you are either apprehending a lot of people because our security is so great. or you are not apprehending a lot of people because our security is so great and nobody is trying to cross. are not aon rates great measure. an independent agency there on how to measure border, and then taken out of their hand and maybe have a committee that is appointed by just the way committees are done now. the senate majority leader, the house speaker, they look at thos
the gao has done some work around this area. in d.c. isy political now. it used to be that you could get the gao to sign off on something and that would be the end of the conversation. there was an issue in arizona about the gao doing the interior checkpoints and some people did not feel like it was a very evenhanded study. this was actually secretary charaf's idea. take it out of the political realm completely. hiring agency -- hire an agency like rand, or someone who has worked experience...
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. >> gao points out other factors played a role. at the time that these ground forces were working. now, how big a role does that play? >> i find that to be a phony excuse. the stimulus bill was already past when we were in a recession. the real problem was that a lot of companies that were supposed to create the job like solyndra, companies like fisker karma that were tinkering on the verge of bankruptcy. so many of those companies went bankrupt. then they are hiring new workers. patti ann: one critic has pointed out as saying as that it is important for the initiatives to understand what they are entering. many don't know what drives a successful economy with jobs growth. the administration says that we are investing in something good. some of them fail, but others succeed. are we focusing on the failures and overlooking the successes of the green program? >> there have been so few successes. we have given us to green energy, this is last of the bush administration and the first winners of the obama administration. we have sent some $100 billion supporting this industry. only abou
. >> gao points out other factors played a role. at the time that these ground forces were working. now, how big a role does that play? >> i find that to be a phony excuse. the stimulus bill was already past when we were in a recession. the real problem was that a lot of companies that were supposed to create the job like solyndra, companies like fisker karma that were tinkering on the verge of bankruptcy. so many of those companies went bankrupt. then they are hiring new workers....
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the gao does confirm the audit and says it is just in the beginning stages, and planned parenthood didn't respond to our request for comment. gregg: kind of surprising. you would think they would want to say something. >> reporter: we'll let you know if we hear from them. gregg: shannon bream in washington, thanks. jenna: new information from fort hood to do, a judge ruling against the stand-by attorneys saying they must continue to assist in the accused fort hood shooter's defense, and then those same attorneys asked off this case. casey steegal has all the latest details, fast moving, from fort hood, texas. casey? >> reporter: yeah, jenna, a pretty big argument, i've got to say, sort of erupting between hasan's stand-by counsel and the judge in this case. and it happened not long ago, just within the last hour or so. it all stems from that fireworks show yesterday when the court went into a sudden recess because, basically, hasan's defense lawyers asked to play a lesser role in this case. remember hasan is representing himself here, but because he is not an attorney, his defense team wa
the gao does confirm the audit and says it is just in the beginning stages, and planned parenthood didn't respond to our request for comment. gregg: kind of surprising. you would think they would want to say something. >> reporter: we'll let you know if we hear from them. gregg: shannon bream in washington, thanks. jenna: new information from fort hood to do, a judge ruling against the stand-by attorneys saying they must continue to assist in the accused fort hood shooter's defense, and...